Display-rack



No. 623,396. Patented Apr. l8, I899. J. B. CHOWDER.

DISPLAY RACK.

(Application filed Aug. 15, 1898.)

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Fatent No. 623,396, dated April 18, 1899.

Application filed August 1 5, 1 8 9 8.

To all whmn it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN B. CHOWDER, of Talucah, in the county of Morgan and State of Alabama, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Display-Racks, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improved display-rack intended especially for holding nails, brooms, and sundry articles of tinware; and the invention consists in certain novel constructions and combinations of parts, as will be hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my rack as in use. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section thereof. Fig. 3 is a cross-section on about line 3 3'of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a detail cross-section illustrating the lower ring and its support, and Figs. 5 and 6 are detail views.

My display-rack includes a main frame which, as shown, comprises an upright A in the form of a shaft, having its lower end journaled in practice in a bearing B, mounted on the store-counter, a similar bearing 0 being secured to the ceiling vertically above the bearing B, as shown. At its upper end the post Ahas an extension-section D, slotted at D to receive the upper end of the post A, so the latter can be secured by the screws D in any position within the slot in order to secure a proper fit of the post between the counter and the ceiling, the upper end of the extension being pivoted in the bearing 0. Near its upper end the post supports a frame E, having numerous pins or hooks E, upon which tinware may be hung to support it and properly expose it for sale. Near its lower end the post supports, by means of the arms F and struts F, the lower ring G, which forms a support for thelower ends of the nail-boxes H.

An upper ring I encircles the post A above the ring G and is engaged by the hooks J on the rear side of the nail-boxes H, at or near, the upper ends of said boxes. I make the boxes H in horizontal cross-section in a segmental form, so they will combine when fitted around the post A to form a circular series of boxes, and theseboxes are open at their upper ends, so they can be conveniently filled, it being designed to fill the boxes with the different grades or sizes of nails properly Serial No. 6 88,637. (No model.)

assorted, as maybe desired. These nail-boxes fit at their lower ends on thering G and are preferably engaged therewith by means of the notches J in the base of the nail boxes fitting on the ring G, as shown.

At their lower ends the boxes H are open at their front side and have their bottoms extended radially outward to form a spout whose outer end is closed by the hinged door K, which may be lowered when it is desired to discharge the nails or may be heldin closed position by the latch K at other times. When it is desired to withdraw the nails from any of the boxes, the door K is released and low" ered and a suitable hook, such as shown in Fig. 6, maybe employed to drag the nails out over the lowered door K, usually into the pan of the scales, it being my purpose in practice to arrange the nailrboxes so they will extend successively over the pan of the weighingscales as the upright post A is turned.

The broom-holder L consists of a bar or plate, preferably of spring metal,which is secured at its middle portion to the front side of the nail-box, near the upper end of the latter, and has its free ends slightly spaced apart from the nail-box to receive the handle of a broom, as shown in the drawings, the end of the broom-handle resting usually in the spout of the box. It is my purpose to provide these broom holders on all the nail-boxes; but manifestly the number of broom-holders may be varied, if desired.

' By my invention it will be observed I pro-' vide for holding the nails, brooms, and tins out of the way and yet so they are conveniently accessible when desired. A special advantage results from disposing of the nails in the manner described, as it avoids exposure of the nails to the water used in sprinkling the floor, to the sweepings, and avoids the carrying of the nails to the scales.

It is found in practice that the display-rack may be easily turned, even when its nail-boxes are full, to bring any desired box into position to discharge into the scale-pan.

The rack is inexpensive, and by the adj ustable extension-piece can be easily fitted to any store-room.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A display rack comprising the main frame, having an annular support for the base of the nail-boxes, the ring above and concentrio with said support, and the segmental nailboxes rested at their lower ends on the support and provided near their upper ends with hooks engaging the said ring substantially as set forth.

2. A display rack comprising the main frame, the lower ring forming a support for the base of the nail-boxes, the upper ring, and

the nail-boxes supportedon and engaged at a point in advance of their inner sides at their lower ends with the lower ring and having at or near their upper ends hooks engaging the upper ring substantially as set forth.

3. A display-rack comprising the revolving post, the upper and lower rings encircling and secured to said post, and the nail-boxes notched in their lower edges to engage the lower ring and having at or near their upper ends hooks to engage the upper ring substantially as set forth.

4. The display-rack herein described corisisting of the upright or post having upper and lower rings, the arms and struts supporting the lower ring, the nail-boxes provided with the broom-holders,.seated at their lower ends on the lower ring and having hooks engaging the upper ring, and the tin-holding frame on said post above the upper ring substantially as set forth.

5. In an apparatus substantially as tie-i scribed the combination of the main frame having an upper ring and a lower ring concentric therewith, and the circular series of nail-boxes having at their lower ends outwardly-extending spouts, said nail-boxes be= ing rested at their lower ends on the lower rings and provided at their upper ends with means for engagement with the upper ring substantially as set forth.

- JOHN B. CHOWDER. Witnesses:

J. H. CLAY,

T. F. BowLEs. 

